Monday, October 25, 2010

Mailbox Monday, Oct 25

Ohmygoodness, I've had an amazing mail week -- seriously, some absolutely drool-worthy goodies, and so many! It's a bit like Christmas here -- I literally spread out the books around me on the bed so I could lay there and savor them.

Penelope's Daughter, won from The Burton Review. Laurel Corona, the author, has been doing the circuit through many of the blogs I read, and I've just loved her humor and attitude in all her interviews. I'm so excited to read this one!

From Passages to the Past, I was so very lucky to win every book by Susan Holloway Scott. Every one. Last year, I read Royal Harlot and adored it-- it was the kind of historical novel that made me remember why I love the genre. Through Ms Scott's writing, I knew Barbara Palmer, and I felt familiar with a historical era that was previously entirely unknown to me. Needless to say, I am over the moon about this prize pack -- I didn't own Royal Harlot; and to have it and the rest of Ms Scott's books, well, I die. As if all those books weren't an awesome enough prize, Ms Holloway signed each book and sent along bookmarks!

And on Saturday, we stumbled across a rummage sale with a fabulous selection of barely read books, and I picked up a copy of Blindspot by Jane Kamensky & Jill Lepore. I've never heard of it, but when I saw that it's set in Boston, I couldn't resist. I also got Devil Water by Anya Seton, because I'm trying to own every single one of her novels!

Unabridged Chick: Enthusiastic Book Reviews and other very personal opinions.

I'm married to a former seminarian, so pretty much all the Christian books belong to her. Definitely all the Bibles. I'm the more pagan one although ...more I'm Audra, a 30-something married lesbian (and new mom!) with a thing for literary fiction and historical novels. But I'm also having a pretty torrid affair with gritty noir and some paranormal /supernatural fiction. I love interesting heroines, gorgeous prose, place as character, and the occasional werewolf.